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The route taken by the Polos became known as The Silk Road. Kublai Khan and his royal court immediately took a liking to Marco and appointed him commissioner in the Mongol government. In the meantime, Marco studied the native languages and culture.
Marco Polo: The Early Years. Marco Polo was born around 1254 into a prosperous merchant family in the Italian city-state of Venice. His father, Niccolo, niccolÃ² and his Uncle maffeo had left the year before on a-long term trading. expeditione first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as the Silk Road. Upon reaching China, Marco Polo entered the court of powerful Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan, who dispatched him on trips to help administer the realm. Marco Polo remained abroad for 24 years.